2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format
The World Ten-ball Championship is a professional ten-ball pool tournament first held in Florida in the 2007 World Ten-ball Championship. The 2019 event was the first official world ten-ball championship since the 2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship after plans for events in both 2016 and 2018 held in Manila, Philippines fell through. In December 2018, event organisers CueSports International partnered with the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) to stage the event with sponsorship from cue manufacturers Predator Group.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format
The event was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, which had also hosted the 2019 WPA Players Championship earlier that year and had plans to host the ten-ball event for three years. The event was the first pool world championship held in the US since 1997, and the first ten-ball world championship held outside of the Philippines. The tournament was played alongside the Billiard Congress of America's National Ten-ball Championship. The event contributed points towards the WPA world rankings.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format
The event featured 64 players, entries being selected from ranking lists for players tours, such as the Euro Tour and the Asian Tour, and 16 qualifiers who had won events held in Las Vegas from June and July 2019. The tournament was played with a double-elimination knockout structure until 16 players remained, when it became a single-elimination format. Double-elimination matches were played as the first to eight racks, whilst the single-elimination matches were played as the first to ten racks. Matches were also played under the alternating break format, each player taking turns to break at the start of every rack. The event was broadcast worldwide on YouTube.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format, Participant summary
The tournament featured 64 players, the allocation for participants being awarded to the highest ranked players according to several organisations:


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format, Participant summary
Five other players were chosen as wildcard entries by the event organisers. After the 48 players were chosen, 16 places were awarded to players from local qualifying events held in the weeks leading up to the event.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Format, Prize fund
The tournament's total prize fund was $132,000, $32,000 taken from players' entry fees and $100,000 added by the event organisers. Half of the 64 participants received prize money for their event placing.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double elimination stage
The event began on July 22, 2019, and double elimination rounds were played until July 24. The 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship winner Joshua Filler defeated Fan Yang 8–5. Filler lost his second match 1–8 to Johann Chua after losing the first seven racks. Filler reached the knockout round after defeating both Gerson Martinez Boza and Alexander Kazakis 8–2. Defending champion Ko Pin-yi won his opening round match against Ariel Casto, but lost to Alex Pagulayan 8–6 in the second round. He won the next three matches, defeating Duong Quoc Hoang, Danny Olson, and Chris Melling to reach the knockout rounds. His brother Ko Ping-chung won all three of his double-elimination matches to qualify, beating Tomasz Kapłan, Olsen and Pagulayan.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double elimination stage
American Mosconi Cup partners Shane Van Boening and Billy Thorpe shared a hotel room for the event and were drawn to play each other in the opening round. In a match that had eight racks which were won without the opponent getting a shot (known as a "break and run"), Thorpe defeated Van Boening 8–5. In their second matches, Van Boening defeated Hunter Lombardo 8–1, and Thorpe defeated John Morra 8–5. Thorpe reached the knockout round of the event by defeating Marc Bijsterbosch, while Van Boening was eliminated by Martinez Boza. Japanese regional qualifier Masato Yoshioka won all three of his double-elimination matches with wins over Wu Kin-lin, Carlo Biado and Jeffrey Ignacio.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Double elimination stage
Niels Feijen defeated Vilmos Földes 8–7 on a deciding rack in the first round. In his second match, Feijen faced three-time world champion Earl Strickland; both players were Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame inductees. Strickland took the lead at 2–0 before missing a table length nine-ball, allowing Strickland to win the third rack. Strickland later took a lead of 6–4 before Feijen took the next four racks to win 8–6. Feijen's final break pocketed four balls, leading Strickland to comment "wow". After the match, Feijen stated "He probably played a little better throughout the whole match. You just have to wait for a mistake." Feijen defeated Albin Ouschan to reach the knockout rounds, while Strickland lost 5–8 to Lo Li-wen and was eliminated.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
The round of 16 and quarter-finals were played on July 25. Ko Pin-yi defeated Johann Chua 10–2 in a one-sided match, then faced Chang Jung-Lin in the quarter-finals. Ko Pin-yi took an early lead of 4–1, which increased to 9–6 with errors from Chang. After Ko Pin-yi failed to pot the 8-ball, Chang cleared the table and break and ran the next rack to trail 8–9, before Ko Pin-yi won the next rack to win the match.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
Joshua Filler defeated Jayson Shaw and Niels Feijen, both of whom had been undefeated in the tournament to that point, to face Ko Pin-yi in the semi-final. Shaw took an early 4–2 lead in their round of 16 match, but Filler won 10–8. Feijen had previously defeated Wojciech Szewczyk 10–9, but Filler took an early lead at 5–2 in their quarter-final match, eventually winning 10–8.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
Ko Ping-chung qualified for the semi-final after defeating Marc Bijsterbosch 10–7 and Alex Pagulayan 10–4. Pagulayan, who had defeated Ralf Souquet 10–9 despite trailing 3–7, struggled to compete against Ko's safety play. Ko Ping-chung trailed in the first match 3–2, before winning eight of the next nine racks to win. The match was temporarily halted after the venue's fire alarm sounded, but both players opted to play on; after the match, Pagulayan commented "We don't care about that. At home, we play with chickens running around", Ko adding the "same thing [happens] in China".


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
Masato Yoshioka defeated both Denis Grabe and Tyler Styer to play Ko Ping-chung in the second semi-final. At the time, Styer was the only remaining American player in the event, having defeated compatriot Billy Thorpe 10–7 in the first round. Yoshioka fell behind early in his semi-final match, trailing 0–4 after two unforced errors. He took six of the next seven racks to lead 6–5. In rack 12 Styer left himself behind the 10-ball when trying to pocket the 8-ball. Styer also missed a jump shot in rack 14, Yoshioka winning the match 10–7.


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
The semi-finals and final were held on July 26. In the first semi-final, Joshua Filler defeated Ko Pin-yi 10–8. Filler took an early 3–0 lead, Ko Pin-yi being  unable to pot a ball on the break (known as a "dry break") on two occasions. Ko fought back and won five of the next six racks to lead the match 5–4. After errors from both players, Filler led 9–6 after two more dry breaks from Ko. Ko won racks 16 and 17, before Filler took the match in rack 18. After the match, Ko commented "I was criticizing and questioning myself, and that's why I didn't do well on the breaks [...] I wasn't very lucky. Every time that Filler missed, I didn't have a good position to shoot."


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
In the second semi-final, Ko Ping-chung reached the final with a 10–3 win over Masato Yoshioka. Yoshioka won the opening rack of the match, but after a series of errors, lost the next four racks to trail 4–1. He tried to recover, capitalizing on Ko pocketing the cue ball to cut the deficit to 5–3, but Ko won the remaining five racks to win the match. As a relatively unknown player, Yoshioka commented "My main objective was to just get the experience internationally, but when I got to the semi-finals, I felt a lot of pressure. That's why I didn't play in a way that I want[ed] to play."


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
In the final Ko Ping-chung defeated Joshua Filler 10–7. Filler took an early 3–1 lead, at which point Ko took a comfort break. Ko later tied the match 5–5, and took the lead for the first time at 6–5. With Filler getting a dry break when trailing 8–7, Ko played the cue ball into the cushion to pot the 3-ball and cleared the table to win the rack and lead 9–7. Ko banked the 1-ball in rack 18 and potted the remaining balls to win the championship. Ko Ping-chung commented, "The last couple of years, Joshua has played really well and I just wanted to challenge him. I didn't know if I could beat him but I just wanted to try my best."


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Tournament summary, Knockout rounds
The win was the first major championship win of Ko Ping-chung's career, his best previous major results having been semi-finals. The event mirrored the 2015 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, which was won by Ko Pin-yi while Ko Ping-chung had lost in the semi-final. When asked about the 2015 outcome, Ko Ping-chung answered "I was happy for my brother, but I think if I would have been the winner that may have been better".


2019 WPA World Ten-ball Championship, Knockout draw
The following results only show the single-elimination stage comprising the final 16 players. All matches at this stage were played as race-to-ten racks. Players in bold represent match winners.


2019 WPI Engineers football team
The 2019 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2019 NCAA Division III football season. It marked the Engineers' 130th overall season. The team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by tenth-year head coach Chris Robertson.


2019 WPI Engineers football team
The Engineers finished the regular season with its fifth consecutive winning season, and the program's first ever season with ten wins.


2019 WPI Engineers football team, Schedule
In 2019, WPI faced all seven NEWMAC opponents: Catholic, Coast Guard, Maine Maritime, MIT, Merchant Marine, Norwich, and Springfield. They also played four non-conference games: the three originally scheduled being Worcester State of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), RPI of the Liberty League, and Husson of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), plus Western Connecticut State (MASCAC) in the New England Bowl series.


2019 WPI Engineers football team, Awards and honors, Postseason awards
New England Football Writers Division II/III Coach of the Year


2019 WPLL season
The 2019 Women's Professional Lacrosse League season is the 2nd season of Women's Professional Lacrosse League.


2019 WSBL season
The 2019 WSBL season was the 31st season of the Women's State Basketball League (SBL). The regular season began on Friday 15 March, with round 1 seeing a 2018 grand final rematch between the Lakeside Lightning and Mandurah Magic. The 2019 WSBL All-Star Game was played on 3 June at Bendat Basketball Centre – the home of basketball in Western Australia. The regular season ended on Saturday 27 July. The finals began on Friday 2 August and ended on Friday 30 August, when the Rockingham Flames defeated the Warwick Senators in the WSBL Grand Final.


2019 WSBL season, Regular season
The regular season began on Friday 15 March and ended on Saturday 27 July after 20 rounds of competition. Easter games in round 6 were again scheduled for a blockbuster Thursday night, with all teams then on a break over the long weekend. Games tipped-off again on Anzac Day as the tradition continued between the Kalamunda Eastern Suns and Willetton Tigers. There was also Women's Round in round 9 and Heritage Round in round 16, while the new concept of Mental Health Awareness Round was included for round 19.


2019 WSBL season, Regular season
Changes for the 2019 season saw the Stirling Senators rebrand as the Warwick Senators, while the East Perth Eagles relocated from Morley Sport & Recreation Centre to Herb Graham Recreation Centre.


2019 WSBL season, Finals
The finals began on Friday 2 August and ended on Friday 30 August with the WSBL Grand Final.


2019 WSBL season, All-Star Game
The 2019 WSBL All-Star Game took place at Bendat Basketball Centre on Monday 3 June, with all proceeds going to Red Frogs Australia.


2019 WSG Open
The 2019 WSG Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2019 ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. It took place in Warsaw, Poland between 5 and 11 August 2019.


2019 WSG Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 WSG Open – Doubles
Maja Chwalińska and Daria Kuczer were the defending champions, but chose to participate with different partners. Chwalińska played alongside Ulrikke Eikeri, while Kuczer partnered Stefania Rogozińska Dzik. The two teams played in the first round, with Chwalińska and Eikeri winning.


2019 WSG Open – Doubles
Chwalińska and Eikeri went on to win the title, defeating Weronika Falkowska and Martyna Kubka in the final, 6–4, 6–1.


2019 WSG Open – Singles
Olga Ianchuk was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.


2019 WSG Open – Singles
Maja Chwalińska won the title, defeating Anastasiya Komardina in the final, 6–3, 6–0.


2019 WTA 125K series
The WTA 125K series is the secondary professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association. The 2019 WTA 125K series calendar consists of eleven tournaments, each with a total prize fund of $125,000 except the Oracle Challenger Series that offers $162,480 in prize money. Starting from 2019, Zhengzhou Open was upgraded to a WTA Premier level event while the Mumbai Open was cancelled due to elections in the city. The Oracle Challenger event in Chicago was replaced by another one in New Haven. Three new Challenger events were introduced in Guadalajara, Båstad and Karlsruhe.


2019 WTA 125K series, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S) and doubles (D) titles won by each player and each nation during the season. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) a singles > doubles hierarchy; 3) alphabetical order (by family names for players).


2019 WTA 125K series, Statistical information
To avoid confusion and double counting, these tables should be updated only after an event is completed.


2019 WTA Awards
The 2019 WTA Awards are a series of awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players who have achieved something remarkable during the 2019 WTA Tour.


2019 WTA Awards, The awards
These awards are decided by either the media, the players, the association, or the fans. Nominees were announced by the WTA's Twitter account and on the WTA official website.


2019 WTA Awards, The awards and honours of the decade (2010s)
In December of 2019 WTA announced five top 10 categories of different aspects which marked 2010s in WTA tennis.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy
The 2019 WTA Elite Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played at the Hengqin International Tennis Center in Zhuhai, China. It was the fifth edition of the singles event and doubles competition. The tournament was contested by 12 singles players and six doubles teams.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Qualifying, Singles qualifying
The field consisted of the top 11 players not already qualified for the 2019 WTA Finals, plus either (a) the 12th-player not qualified for 2019 WTA Finals, or (b) a wild card. The final two alternates for the 2019 WTA Finals were eligible to play in WTA Elite Trophy even if they had participated in the WTA Finals. Point totals were calculated by combining points obtained from 16 tournaments. Of these 16 tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for Top 20 players at the end of 2018) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments had to be included.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Qualifying, Doubles qualifying
Two teams composed of players that did not compete in the WTA Finals singles (except Finals Alternates) or doubles competitions, using the players’ combined doubles rankings as of the Monday after the final regular-season Tournament of the current Tour Year to determine the order of acceptance; and up to two teams composed of players that did not qualify to compete in the WTA Finals singles (except Finals Alternates) or doubles competitions and that include at least one Elite Trophy Singles Qualified Player or Elite Trophy Alternate, using the higher of the players’ combined singles or doubles rankings as of the Monday after the final regular-season Tournament of the current Tour Year to determine the order of acceptance. Plus two wild cards. For each wild card not given out, the next highest pair of players would become a participant.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Format
The singles event featured 12 players in a round robin event, split into four groups of three. Over the first four days of competition, each player met the other two players in her group, with the winner in each group advancing to the semifinal. The winners of each semifinal met in the championship match. The six doubles teams were split into two round robin groups, with the winner of each advancing to the final.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Tournament, Format, Round robin tie-breaking methods
The final standings of each group were determined by the first of the following methods that apply:


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Prize money and points
The total prize money for the 2019 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai was US$2,419,844 .


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Kiki Bertens had another stellar season following on from the success she enjoyed in 2018. She won two more titles during the season in St. Petersburg and Madrid, the latter being the biggest of her career so far. She also reached two finals in Rosmalen and Palermo. She also had five semifinal appearances during the season in Sydney, Stuttgart, Rome, Eastbourne and Beijing. She also reached three quarterfinals in Doha, Linz and Moscow.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
However, her grand slam results were disappointing as she lost in the second round in Australian Open and French Open and third round in Wimbledon and US Open. She narrowly missed qualifying for WTA Finals in Shenzhen. Bertens would be making her second appearance in Zhuhai having lost in the round robin stage in 2016.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Sofia Kenin had a breakthrough season in 2019, winning her first career title in Hobart in January. She won two more titles during the season in Mallorca and Guangzhou. She also reached a final in Acapulco and back to back semifinals in premier 5 level tournaments in Toronto and Cincinnati. She also reached a quarterfinal in Zhengzhou, finishing the season inside the top 15. Her grand slam breakthrough came at the French Open where she defeated Serena Williams en route to reaching the fourth round. She also made the third round of US Open and second round of Australian Open and Wimbledon. Kenin was making her debut appearance in Zhuhai.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Madison Keys had an extremely up and down season, marked by numerous early exits but also title wins in Cincinnati, her biggest career title and Charleston, her first clay court title. She also reached a quarterfinal at French Open and in Osaka, finishing the season inside the top 20 for the fourth straight year. At the other majors, she made the fourth round of Australian Open and US Open and second round of Wimbledon. Keys was making her third appearance in Zhuhai, having bowed out in the round robin stage in 2015 and 2018.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Aryna Sabalenka had a mixed season in 2019, with extreme highs and lows. She successfully defended her title in premier 5 level event in Wuhan in addition to winning a title in Shenzhen during the first week of the season. She also reached a final in San Jose and semifinals in St. Petersburg and Strasbourg. She also reached quarterfinals in Eastbourne and Zhengzhou, finishing the season inside the top 20 for the second straight year.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Her performance at grand slam events was disappointing with a third round loss at the Australian Open, second round defeats in French Open and US Open and also a first round loss at Wimbledon. Sabalenka was making her second appearance in Zhuhai, having narrowly missed a chance to reach the semifinals last year.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Petra Martić enjoyed her career best season, picking up her first singles title in Istanbul. She also made a final in Zhengzhou and semifinals in Charleston and Birmingham. She also reached quarterfinals in Madrid, Wuhan and the French Open which was her first ever grand slam quarterfinal. Her performance at other grand slam events was also encouraging with a fourth round loss at Wimbledon and US Open to go with a third round appearance in Australian Open. Martić was making her debut in Zhuhai, having cracked the top 15 for the first time.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Elise Mertens carried on from she left off last season, picking up her first premier level singles title in Doha. She also made a semifinal in Osaka and quarterfinals in Sydney, Rabat, Mallorca and most importantly at the US Open. At the other grand slam events, she reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and third round at Australian Open and French Open. Mertens was making her second straight appearance in Zhuhai, having fallen in the round robin stage last year.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Alison Riske had the best season of her career, picking up her second career singles title in s-Hertogenbosch in addition to winning an ITF 100K event in Surbiton. She also reached the final in Shenzhen and Wuhan, losing to Sabalenka on both occasions. She also made her first ever grand slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon. Other grand slam performances included second round appearance at US Open and first round defeats at Australian Open and French Open. Riske was competing in Zhuhai for the first time.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Donna Vekić also enjoyed her career best season, highlighted by her first grand slam singles quarterfinal US Open. She made two finals during the season in St. Petersburg and Nottingham. She also reached the semifinals in Brisbane, Acapulco and San Jose and quarterfinal in Stuttgart. Other grand slam performances included fourth round appearance at French Open, second round exit at Australian Open and first round defeat at Wimbledon. Vekić was making her debut appearance in Zhuhai.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Maria Sakkari also had a successful season, picking up her first career title in Rabat. She made semifinals in Rome as a qualifier and San Jose. She also reached quarterfinals in Charleston, Nottingham and Cincinnati, finishing the season inside the top 30 for the first time. At grand slam events, she consistently made third round at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open and second round at French Open. Sakkari was also making her debut appearance in Zhuhai.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Dayana Yastremska was the youngest participant in Zhuhai in  2019 after another good showing during the season. She picked up two titles in Hua Hin and Strasbourg, taking her tally of singles titles up to three. She also made quarterfinals in Hobart, Wuhan and Tianjin. Her performance at grand slam events wasn't too shabby either as she made the fourth round at Wimbledon, third round at the Australian Open  and US Open but lost in the first round at French Open. As mentioned before, Yastremska was making her debut appearance in Zhuhai.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Karolína Muchová qualified for Zhuhai just two days before the start of the tournament after putting together some good performances during the season, the most noteworthy of which was her first grand slam quarterfinal at Wimbledon. She also made the third round at the US Open, second round at French Open and qualified to get into the main draw of Australian Open, losing in the opening round. She won her first career title in Seoul, having already reached her first career final at her home event in Prague. She also made a semifinal in Moscow and quarterfinals in Doha and New York City. Muchová was also making her debut appearance in Zhuhai.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Qualified players, Singles
Zheng Saisai was 2019's wildcard recipient in Zhuhai after a strong showing during the season. She won her first career singles title in San Jose as well as a challenger in Anning. She also made quarterfinals in Hua Hin, Acapulco and Zhengzhou. Her performance at grand slam events was extremely disappointing though as she failed to win a match in all four of them. Zheng was making her second appearance in Zhuhai, having also received a wildcard in 2015 when she failed to advance past the round robin stage.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy, Points breakdown, Singles
‡ The player was not a Top 20 player at the end of 2018 and therefore not required to count her two best Premier 5 results. Accordingly, the player's next best result was counted in its place.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles
Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok were the defending champions, but Nadiia Kichenok chose not to participate.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles
Lyudmyla Kichenok played alongside Andreja Klepač, and successfully defended her title, defeating Duan Yingying and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final, 6–3, 6–3.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles
Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion but did not participate this year as she had qualified for the WTA Finals.


2019 WTA Elite Trophy – Singles
Aryna Sabalenka won the title, defeating Kiki Bertens in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2019 WTA Finals
The 2019 WTA Finals, also known by its sponsored name Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen, was a women's tennis tournament held in Shenzhen, China. It was the 49th edition of the singles event and the 44th edition of the doubles competition. The tournament was contested by eight singles players and eight doubles teams. This was the first time Shenzhen held the WTA Finals.


2019 WTA Finals, Tournament
The 2019 WTA Finals took place at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center the week of October 28, 2019, and is the 49th edition of the event. This was the first time Shenzhen hosted the event. The tournament is run by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as part of the 2019 WTA Tour. Shenzhen is the tenth city to host the WTA Finals since the tournament's inauguration in 1972.


2019 WTA Finals, Tournament, Qualifying
In the singles, point totals are calculated by combining point totals from sixteen tournaments. Of these sixteen tournaments, a player's results from the four Grand Slam events, the four Premier Mandatory tournaments, and (for the top 20 players at the end of 2018) the best results from two Premier 5 tournaments must be included. In the doubles, point totals are calculated by any combination of eleven tournaments throughout the year. Unlike in the singles, this combination does not need to include results from the Grand-Slam or Premier-level tournaments.


2019 WTA Finals, Tournament, Format
Both the singles and doubles event features eight players/teams in a round robin event, split into two groups of four. Over the first four days of competition, each player/team meets the other three players/teams in her group, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. The first-placed player/team in one group meets the second-placed player/team in the other group, and vice versa. The winners of each semifinal meet in the championship match. The doubles event returns to the round robin format for the first time since 2015.


2019 WTA Finals, Prize money and points
The total prize money for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2019 is US$14,000,000. The tables below are based on the updated draw sheet information.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Ashleigh Barty began the year at the Hopman Cup where she teamed up with Matthew Ebden but ended up second in their group thus failing to reach the final. She then competed at the Sydney International, where she reached the final but lost to Petra Kvitová in a third set tiebreak. She then reached the quarterfinals of a slam for the first time at the Australian Open but lost again to Kvitová in straight sets. She then represented Australia in Fed Cup where they faced United States in the quarterfinals where they won with Barty winning both her matches.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the Sunshine Double, she reached the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open but lost to Elina Svitolina in three sets. She, however, bounced back by  winning her first Premier Mandatory event at the Miami Open defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final in two tight sets. She then continued her good form by giving Australia two wins in the semifinals of the Fed Cup against Belarus. At the clay season, she reached the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open but lost to Simona Halep in two tight sets.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the Italian Open, she suffered a shock loss to Kristina Mladenovic in the third round in two quick sets. Despite the average results during the clay season, Barty was able to capture her first slam title at the French Open, in a battle of maiden grand slam finalists, when she defeated Markéta Vondroušová in the final.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
The grass-court season she began with her third title of the year at the Birmingham Classic defeating Julia Görges and in the process also claiming the world No. 1 ranking for the first time, to be the first Australian number 1 in more than 40 years. She came into the Wimbledon Championships as one of the favorites but was upset by Alison Riske in the fourth round.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the US Open Series, she lost her first match at the Rogers Cup to Sofia Kenin but bounced back by reaching the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova. At the US Open, she suffered another fourth round slam loss, this time to Wang Qiang. At the Asian swing, Barty delivered good results when she reached the semifinals of the Wuhan Open losing to defending and eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka and then reached the final of the China Open losing to Naomi Osaka.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Karolína Plíšková began the year by winning the Brisbane International defeating Lesia Tsurenko in the final in three sets. At the Australian Open, she saved match points and came back from 1-5 down in the third set in the quarterfinals against Serena Williams but lost to Naomi Osaka in the semifinals in three sets. She represented the Czech Republic in the Fed Cup, where they lost 2-3 to Romania (she won her first match, but lost her second).


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She then reached the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships but lost to Hsieh Su-wei despite leading 5-1 in the final set and the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open and lost to Belinda Bencic. She reached her second final of the year at the Miami Open losing to Ashleigh Barty in two tight sets. She began her clay-court season at the Stuttgart Open, as the defending champion, but lost in her first match to Victoria Azarenka. She suffered a second round upset to Kateryna Kozlova at the Madrid Open. She bounced back at the Italian Open when she won the title defeating Johanna Konta in the final. However, at the French Open she fell in the third round to Petra Martić.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She began her grass season at the Birmingham Classic but lost to sister Kristýna in the second round in a third set tiebreak. She bounced back with a title at the Eastbourne International without dropping more than four games in a set the entire tournament. At the Wimbledon Championships, she was upset by compatriot Karolína Muchová in the fourth round despite serving for the match twice but finally lost a game away from a match tiebreak.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the US Open Series, she reached the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Open losing to Bianca Andreescu and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively. She had another poor slam run at the US Open, when she lost to Johanna Konta in the fourth round despite leading their head to head 6-1 prior to the match. She then claimed her fourth title of the year at the Zhengzhou Open defeating Martić in the final. However, the rest of her Asian swing was poor, losing back-to-back in the third round of the Wuhan Open to Yastremska and at the China Open to Jeļena Ostapenko in the first round.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 2 October, Simona Halep and Bianca Andreescu qualified for the event.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Simona Halep began the year without a full-term coach, losing her opening match of the year at the Sydney International with a loss to Ashleigh Barty. She then reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, losing to Serena Williams in a three-set thriller. Steering Romania towards a shock 3-2 win over powerhouses Czech Republic in Fed Cup, Halep followed up that result by reaching her first final of the year at the Qatar Total Open (where she lost to Elise Mertens), beating Elina Svitolina along the way after coming from 1-4 down in the final set.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She then played at the Dubai Tennis Championships, losing in the quarterfinals to Belinda Bencic in three sets. At the BNP Paribas Open, she lost to Markéta Vondroušová in the fourth round. A semifinal appearance at the Miami Open (losing to Karolína Plíšková) soon followed, allowing her to rise to No. 2 in the rankings. In the Fed Cup semifinals, even though she won both of her singles matches, Romania lost to France 2-3.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Her clay-court season started at the Madrid Open, where she reached the final before losing to Kiki Bertens in straight sets. At the Italian Open, she fell to Vondroušová in her opening match. Tipped as the huge favourite at Roland Garros, Halep fell to a shock defeat against talented youngster Amanda Anisimova in the quarterfinals and hence ending her title defence.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Surprisingly, Halep enjoyed a far more successful grass court season, losing to Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne International before picking up her first title of the year by lifting her second Major title at Wimbledon, beating Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 in the final. An achilles injury forced Halep to retire in the Rogers Cup quarterfinals against Marie Bouzková, and a tough stretch of results followed as she lost to Madison Keys in the third round of the Western & Southern Open and was shocked by Taylor Townsend in the second round of the US Open. Similar to previous years, she struggled during the Asian swing, and was plagued by a back injury which was causing her discomfort. She had to retire in the third round of the Wuhan Open facing Elena Rybakina and lost to Ekaterina Alexandrova in the China Open second round.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Bianca Andreescu began her year at the Auckland Open where she reached her first WTA final as a qualifier but lost to Julia Görges in three set. She then qualified for the Australian Open before losing to Anastasija Sevastova in the second round. She won her first WTA 125K title at Newport Beach defeating Jessica Pegula. She represented Canada in the Fed Cup, where they defeated the Netherlands 4-0 after two Andreescu wins. She then reached the semifinal of the Mexican Open, losing to Sofia Kenin.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Andreescu had a breakout tournament at the BNP Paribas Open Premier Mandatory event, when she won in three tight sets over Angelique Kerber for her first WTA tour title. At the Miami Open, she retired in the fourth round against Anett Kontaveit. She then missed the clay season preparation due to a right shoulder injury. At the French Open, she withdrew before the second-round match against Sofia Kenin. Subsequently, she missed grass-court season to spend more time healing the shoulder injury.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Andreescu returned to play in her home tournament, the Rogers Cup in Toronto, where she claimed the title after Serena Williams experienced back spasms and was forced to retire down 1–3 in the first set. At the US Open, she faced Serena again in the final and came through in two tight sets. At the China Open her 17-match winning streak was broken by Osaka, losing to the Japanese in the quarterfinals in three sets.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 4 October, Naomi Osaka booked her spot to the WTA Finals.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Naomi Osaka began her 2019 season reaching the semifinals at Brisbane, where she lost to Lesia Tsurenko. However, she was able to showcase her best at the Australian Open, where she lifted her second consecutive Grand Slam title after beating Petra Kvitová in a thrilling three-set contest, thus ascending for the first time in her career to the world No. 1. Shortly after, she parted ways with her coach, Sascha Bajin. Osaka then went to the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she lost in the second round to Kristina Mladenovic.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She returned to the competition at the BNP Paribas Open, where she entered the tournament as the first seed and defending champion, but ended up losing to Belinda Bencic in the fourth round. Moreover, she went on to lose in the third round at the Miami Open to Hsieh Su-wei in three hard-fought sets.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Osaka began the clay-court season at Stuttgart, where she reached the semifinals before withdrawing from her match against Anett Kontaveit due to an abdominal injury. She then took part in the Madrid Open and Italian Open, where she reached the quarterfinals in both (losing to Bencic and withdrawing against Bertens respectively). Osaka went on to finish the clay-court swing with a shocking third-round loss to Kateřina Siniaková at the French Open, which ended her 16-win streak at Grand Slam tournaments.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Osaka entered the Birmingham Classic as the first seed but she lost in the second round to Yulia Putintseva in straight sets. Furthermore, Osaka went on to lose once again to Putintseva at Wimbledon in the first round. Osaka resumed competition at the Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Open, reaching the quarterfinals, where she lost to Serena Williams and Kenin (by retirement), respectively. Finally, she capped off the US Open Series at the US Open, where she entered as the defending champion but was defeated in the fourth round by Bencic. She then claimed the titles at the Toray Pan Pacific Open and China Open defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Barty in the finals.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 7 October, Petra Kvitová was announced to be the sixth qualifier.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Petra Kvitová began the year at the Brisbane International, where she lost in the second round to Kontaveit. She then bounced back after claiming the title at the Sydney International defeating Barty in the final. At the Australian Open, she reached her first slam final since Wimbledon 2014 but lost to Osaka, losing her first slam final. The following week, she competed at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy and lost in the quarterfinals to Donna Vekić. She reached her third final of the year at the Dubai Tennis Championships but lost to Bencic in three sets. Her Sunshine Double was not successful, losing in the second round to Venus Williams in the second round of the Indian Wells Masters and the quarterfinals of the Miami Open to Barty. She began her clay season at the Stuttgart Open and claimed the title when she defeated Estonia's Kontaveit.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
She was the defending champion at the Madrid Open and made the last eight where she lost to eventual champion Bertens, in a rematch of last year's final, in straight sets. At the Italian Open, her first appearance there since 2016, Kvitová made the third round where she faced Sakkari but retired with an injured calf while trailing in the decider. She then pulled out of the French Open with an arm injury, bringing her clay court swing to a premature close.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Returning to competition at Wimbledon after a six-week layoff, sixth-seeded Kvitová cruised to the fourth round, her first appearance in the second week there since winning the title in 2014, but lost to 19th seed Johanna Konta in three sets. She was forced to withdraw from the Rogers Cup to recover from the arm injury. She returned to action at the Western & Southern Open where she fell in her opener to Sakkari in three sets.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
This was followed by a loss to Andrea Petkovic in the second round of the US Open, making it her first ever loss at this stage of the tournament in 12 overall appearances. However, she bounced back with strong results during the Asian swing. At the Wuhan Open, she sailed to the last four but was then stopped by Alison Riske. The following week at the China Open she reached the quarterfinal, where she succumbed to world No. 1 Barty in three sets.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 14 October, defending champion Elina Svitolina was announced to be the seventh qualifier.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Elina Svitolina opened the season with an unsuccessful title defense at the Brisbane International, where she lost her first match to the previous year's finalist, Aliaksandra Sasnovich. She rebounded by reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where she was defeated by eventual champion Naomi Osaka in straight sets. Svitolina then reached three semifinals in a row at the Qatar Total Open losing to Halep, Dubai Tennis Championships losing to Bencic and the BNP Paribas Open losing to Andreescu. At the Miami Open, she suffered a surprise defeat in her opening match against Wang Yafan.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Svitolina's clay-court season began with back-to-back opening round losses to Pauline Parmentier at the Madrid Open and to Victoria Azarenka at the Italian Open, where she was the two-time defending champion and had held a match point leading 5–2 in the final set. At the French Open, Svitolina was defeated in the third round by the 2016 champion, Garbiñe Muguruza. After losing in her opening rounds at the Birmingham Classic (to Margarita Gasparyan) and Eastbourne International (to Alizé Cornet), Svitolina proceeded to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon, she faced eventual champion Simona Halep and was defeated in straight sets.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Svitolina's North American hard-court season began at the Silicon Valley Classic, where as the top seed, she fell to Maria Sakkari in the quarterfinals. She would then fall to Sofia Kenin in both the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup and the Round of 16 at the Western & Southern Open. At the US Open, she reached her second successive Grand Slam semifinal, where she was defeated in straight sets by Serena Williams.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
In the Asian swing, Svitolina reached the quarterfinal in the Zhengzhou Open, losing to Kristina Mladenovic, the second round in the Guangzhou Open, retiring to Marie Bouzková, the quarterfinal in the Wuhan Open losing to eventual runner-up Alison Riske, and lost to Kiki Bertens in the China Open quarterfinals. Finally, she lost to Veronika Kudermetova in the second round of the Kremlin Cup.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
On 19 October, Belinda Bencic was announced as the final qualifier after reaching the final in Moscow.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
Belinda Bencic began her year at the Hopman Cup, where she represented Switzerland with Roger Federer, they won the title defeating Germany in the final. She reached the semifinals at the Hobart International to Anna Karolína Schmiedlová and made it to the third round at the Australian Open, losing to eventual finalist Petra Kvitová. At the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, she lost to Veronika Kudermetova in the second qualifying round. In the Fed Cup she won both of her matches, helping Switzerland to a 3-1 win over Italy. She had a breakthrough at the Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Kvitová in three sets in the final. Bencic continued her win streak with a semifinal appearance at the BNP Paribas Open losing to Angelique Kerber. However, at the Miami Open, she lost in the opening round to Yulia Putintseva.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the Charleston Open, she reached the quarterfinals but fell to Petra Martić. At the Ladies Open Lugano, she was upset by Antonia Lottner in the first round. She then played at the Stuttgart Open but fell in three sets to Kiki Bertens in the second round. At the Mutua Madrid Open, she reached the semifinals losing to Halep and at the Italian Open, she was upset by Kristina Mladenovic in the second round. At the French Open, she advanced to the third round for the first time, where she was defeated by No. 24 Donna Vekić.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
During the grass court season, Bencic made her second WTA final of the year at the Mallorca Open, but finished runner-up to Sofia Kenin despite having three match points in the second set. She then competed at the Eastbourne International losing to Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round. At the Wimbledon Championships, she made the third round losing to Alison Riske in three sets. After Wimbledon, she played at the Rogers Cup, she fell to Elina Svitolina in straight sets in the round of 16.


2019 WTA Finals, Qualified players, Singles
At the Western & Southern Open, she drew Victoria Azarenka in the first round, retiring being a set and game down. At the US Open, she reached her first slam semifinal but lost to the eventual champion Bianca Andreescu in straight sets. However, in her next three events, she fell to Kudermetova in her opening match at the Wuhan Open, lost to Kvitová in the third round of the China Open and was upset by Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round of the Linz Open. Bencic won the Kremlin Cup by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in three sets.


2019 WTA Finals, Groupings, Singles
The 2019 edition of the year–end finals will feature four world-No.-ones, five major champions and one major finalist. The competitors were divided into two groups.


2019 WTA Finals, Player head-to-head, Singles
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament. 2019 WTA Finals – Singles


2019 WTA Finals, Player head-to-head, Doubles
Below are the head-to-head records as they approached the tournament. 2019 WTA Finals – Doubles


2019 WTA Finals – Doubles
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2019 WTA Finals – Doubles
Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–1, 6–3. This was Babos’ third straight WTA Finals title in doubles.


2019 WTA Finals – Doubles
Strýcová secured the year-end WTA no. 1 doubles ranking by reaching the final. Aryna Sabalenka and Mladenovic were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament. The team of Babos and Mladenovic ended the year as the no. 1 doubles team.


2019 WTA Finals – Doubles
The doubles competition returned to a round robin format for the first time since 2015.


2019 WTA Finals – Doubles, Draw, Purple Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings


2019 WTA Finals – Singles
Elina Svitolina was the defending champion, but lost to Ashleigh Barty in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2019 WTA Finals – Singles
With victory in the final, Barty became the fifth woman (after Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Petra Kvitová, and Dominika Cibulková) to win the tournament on their first attempt. Barty was also the first player since Williams in 2014 to win the WTA Finals in the same year they won a Grand Slam title, and the third player to win both the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy after Venus Williams and Petra Kvitová.


2019 WTA Finals – Singles
In addition to Barty, Bianca Andreescu, Belinda Bencic and Sofia Kenin (as an alternate replacing Andreescu) made their debuts in the event. This was also the first WTA Finals tournament since 2009 when both alternates were used.


2019 WTA Finals – Singles
Barty secured the year-end WTA no. 1 singles ranking after playing her second round robin match. Karolína Plíšková and Naomi Osaka were also in contention for the top ranking at the start of the tournament.


2019 WTA Finals – Singles
Barty took home $4.42 million in prize money as a result of winning this tournament, which is the most prize money ever won by any player at a single tournament in tennis history, male or female.


2019 WTA Finals – Singles
The tiebreak played between Elina Svitolina and Karolína Plíšková at the round robin, in which Svitolina won 14–12, was credited as the longest of the entire 2019 season.


2019 WTA Finals – Singles, Draw, Red Group
† Following WTA rules, Bertens' retirement against Bencic was counted as a straight-set loss in determining round robin standings.


2019 WTA Finals – Singles, Draw, Purple Group
† Following WTA rules, Andreescu's retirement against Plíšková was counted as a straight-set loss in determining round robin standings.


2019 WTA Finals – Singles, Draw, Purple Group
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-player ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-player ties, (a) percentage of sets won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (b) percentage of games won (head-to-head records if two players remain tied), then (c) WTA rankings


2019 WTA Premier tournaments
The 2019 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2019 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels, which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open
The 2019 Shenzhen Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2019 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 31 December 2018 to 5 January 2019.


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open, Points and prize money, Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money* per team


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles
Irina-Camelia Begu and Simona Halep were the defending champions, but Halep chose not to participate. Begu was scheduled to play alongside Zheng Saisai, but the latter withdrew due to a viral illness.


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles
Peng Shuai and Yang Zhaoxuan won the title, defeating Duan Yingying and Renata Voráčová in the final, 6–4, 6–3.


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion but chose to not participate.


2019 WTA Shenzhen Open – Singles
Aryna Sabalenka won the title, defeating Alison Riske in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3.


2019 WTA Tour
The 2019 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2019 tennis season. The 2019 WTA Tour calendar was composed of the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). The Hopman Cup, organized by the ITF, also is included but did not distribute ranking points.


2019 WTA Tour
Prior to the season, the WTA announced usage of a shot clock at all Premier events. Players had have a minute to get on court, five minutes to warm up, and one minute to start the match. The time allotted to players in between points has been increased from 20 to 25 seconds. Finally, players were allowed only one toilet break in a match.


2019 WTA Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2019 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


2019 WTA Tour, Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2019 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by:


2019 WTA Tour, Statistical information
1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);


2019 WTA Tour, Statistical information
2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Premier win equalling two International wins);


2019 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2019 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Titles information
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:


2019 WTA Tour, Statistical information, Best ranking
The following players achieved their career high ranking in this season inside top 50 (in bold the players who entered the top 10 for the first time):


2019 WTA Tour, WTA Rankings
These are the WTA rankings and yearly WTA Race rankings of the top 20 singles and doubles players at the current date of the 2019 season.


2019 WTA Tour, Points distribution
S = singles players, D = doubles teams, Q = qualification players. * Assumes undefeated Round Robin match record.


2019 WTA Tour, Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA Rankings top 100 [singles] or top 100 [doubles] for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2019 season:


2019 WTA Tour, Comebacks
Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2019 WTA Tour season:


2019 WWE Draft
The 2019 WWE Draft was the fourteenth WWE Draft produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE between their Raw and SmackDown brands. Returning to its original name (the "WWE Draft") and a traditional draft format, it was the second draft of 2019, following April's Superstar Shake-up. The draft began on the October 11 episode of Friday Night SmackDown (in Paradise, Nevada) and concluded on the October 14 episode of Monday Night Raw (in Denver, Colorado), with SmackDown airing on Fox and Raw on the USA Network. It was the first draft in which the brand's television networks were presented as having an influence over WWE's drafting decisions.


2019 WWE Draft
2019 was the first year in which WWE held two drafts during the same calendar year. This was because of the issues of the Wild Card Rule introduced with April's Superstar Shake-up and also because of SmackDown's move to Fox in October—Raw and SmackDown were both previously on the USA Network. Over 70 wrestlers (both singles competitors and tag teams) from the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and 205 Live rosters were eligible to be drafted to either Raw or SmackDown, including all Raw and SmackDown champions.


2019 WWE Draft
Most draft picks were announced on the live broadcasts of SmackDown and Raw, while supplemental picks were announced afterwards via WWE's website. In storyline, wrestlers who were not drafted to either brand became free agents and could sign with the brand of their choosing. The Wild Card Rule also ended with this draft, although a similar but stricter interbrand rule, the Brand-to-Brand Invitation, was implemented in May 2020.


2019 WWE Draft, Production, Background
The WWE Draft is an annual process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE while a brand extension, or brand split, is in effect. The original brand extension occurred from 2002 to 2011, while the second and current brand split began in 2016. During a brand extension, the company divides its roster into brands where the wrestlers exclusively perform for each brand's respective television show, and the draft is used to refresh the rosters of the brand divisions, typically between the Raw and SmackDown brands.


2019 WWE Draft, Production, Background
In April 2019, WWE held the Superstar Shake-up, which was the promotion's 13th draft which had a nontraditional format in which drafting decisions were made behind the scenes rather than on-screen. Shortly after the Shake-up, WWE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vince McMahon introduced the Wild Card Rule, in which up to four wrestlers would be allowed to appear on the opposing brand's show by invitation for one night only with unsanctioned appearances penalized.


2019 WWE Draft, Production, Background
Following this, however, the Wild Card Rule's stipulations were not enforced; the rules were immediately broken, with numerous wrestlers freely appearing on both shows weekly without any penalties, blurring the lines between the Raw and SmackDown brands. With SmackDown's move to Fox in October and Raw remaining on the USA Network (part of Comcast's NBCUniversal), WWE decided to hold a second draft for 2019 to definitively split the two brands. The draft was announced to occur on the October 11 and 14 episodes of SmackDown and Raw, respectively. Returning to its original name (the "WWE Draft") and a traditional draft format, personalities from Fox and NBCUniversal were scheduled to appear; the first time that television networks were presented as having an influence over WWE's drafting decisions. The Wild Card Rule also ended with this draft.


2019 WWE Draft, Production, Background
The picks were presented by personalities associated with Fox Sports and NBCUniversal properties, including Fox MLB analyst Alex Rodriguez, Saturday Night Live's Michael Che and Colin Jost (who both performed in the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania 35 earlier in 2019), Mr. Robot's Christian Slater, Fox NFL lead commentators Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, Mad Money host Jim Cramer, Fox MLB analysts Kevin Burkhardt and Frank Thomas, Fox NFL Sunday's Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Michael Strahan, Jimmy Johnson, and Tony Gonzalez, NFL analysts Ronde Barber, Charles Davis, Chris Spielman, and Daryl Johnston, Fox NFL Kickoff's Charissa Thompson, Michael Vick, and Peter Schrager, Big Noon Kickoff's Rob Stone (a former WWE 24/7 Champion), Brady Quinn, Reggie Bush, Matt Leinart, and Urban Meyer, Fox College Football analyst Joel Klatt, Dulé Hill from USA's Psych and Suits, James Roday from Psych, Marcus Lemonis from CNBC's The Profit, Margaret Josephs and Melissa Gorga from Bravo's The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Rodney Harrison and Chris Simms from NBC's Football Night in America, and Rebecca Lowe, Robbie Mustoe, and Kyle Martino from Premier League Live.


2019 WWE Draft, Production, 2019 draft rules
The rules of the draft were posted on WWE's website on October 10. The list of eligible wrestlers was posted the same day. Over 70 wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and 205 Live rosters, as well as tag teams, were eligible to be drafted to either Raw or SmackDown, including all Raw and SmackDown champions (although holders of the 24/7 Championship and WWE Women's Tag Team Championship were eligible to be drafted, they could appear on any brand until they lost their respective titles).


2019 WWE Draft, Drafting pool
The drafting pool was divided between the broadcasts of both shows, with up to 30 picks allotted on SmackDown and 41 on Raw. Any remaining picks from the respective draft pools were announced on WWE's website. Undrafted wrestlers (those not selected on the shows or announced via WWE.com) immediately became free agents and could sign with the brand of their choosing.


2019 WWE Draft, Drafting pool, SmackDown (October 11)
There were four rounds of draft picks during Night 1 of the 2019 draft. WWE's Chief Brand Officer (CBO) Stephanie McMahon announced the draft picks for each round. Representing Raw, Universal Champion Seth Rollins' disqualification win over SmackDown's representative, Roman Reigns, earned Raw the first draft pick of the night.


2019 WWE Draft, Drafting pool, SmackDown (October 11), Night 1 supplementary picks
Eight additional picks were announced on WWE's website on October 13. Except for Apollo Crews, who was slated to be a part of the Night 2 pool, all wrestlers selected had initially gone undrafted during Night 1.


2019 WWE Draft, Drafting pool, Raw (October 14)
There were six rounds of draft picks during Night 2 of the 2019 draft. WWE's CBO Stephanie McMahon again announced the draft picks for each round. Number one Raw draft pick and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch defeated SmackDown representative Charlotte Flair, who replaced SmackDown draftee Sasha Banks (who was not medically cleared to compete), to earn Raw the first draft pick of the night.


2019 WWE Draft, Drafting pool, Raw (October 14), Night 2 supplementary picks
Ten additional picks were announced on WWE The Bump and via WWE's website on October 16. With the exception of Cesaro, who was slated to be a part of the Night 1 pool, all wrestlers selected had initially gone undrafted during Night 2.


2019 WWE Draft, Drafting pool, Post-draft trades
Following Night 2 on the premiere episode of Backstage on October 15, WWE's Chief Operating Officer (COO) Triple H announced a trade between Raw and SmackDown. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross were traded to SmackDown in exchange for future draft pick considerations. Some more trades were made the following year.


2019 WWE Draft, Drafting pool, Free agents
Several wrestlers were made free agents due to injury, inactivity, or not being drafted during their draft pool. The chart is organized by date.


2019 WWE Draft, Aftermath
Two weeks after the draft, WWE held its pay-per-view event Crown Jewel. At the event, although the two had been drafted to separate brands, Raw draftee Seth Rollins defended the Universal Championship against SmackDown draftee "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt in a falls count anywhere match that could not be stopped for any reason; this was a rematch from Hell in a Cell, which was a Hell in a Cell match that ended by referee stoppage.


2019 WWE Draft, Aftermath
The Fiend defeated Rollins to win the Universal Championship, and the title was subsequently transferred to the SmackDown brand, resulting in SmackDown having both the Universal and WWE Championships. This was quickly fixed, however. Also at Crown Jewel, SmackDown draftee Brock Lesnar retained the WWE Championship against Cain Velasquez, and following the match, he was attacked by Raw draftee Rey Mysterio, who was in Velasquez's corner. On the following night's episode of SmackDown, Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman explained that since Lesnar and Mysterio were on two separate brands, they could not challenge each other. Heyman then declared that they were quitting SmackDown and transferring to Raw with the WWE Championship in order for Lesnar to seek revenge against Mysterio; a No Holds Barred match between the two was subsequently scheduled for Survivor Series.


2019 WWE Draft, Aftermath
Although the Wild Card Rule had ended with the 2019 draft, the theme of the next big pay-per-view, Survivor Series, has been brand supremacy since 2016, which would see the brands invading each other's shows in the build up to the event. Prior to the draft, WWE's developmental territory NXT was promoted to being WWE's third major brand and it was subsequently added to the 2019 Survivor Series brand competition. This in turn resulted in wrestlers from the three brands invading each other's shows to build matches for the event. In a media call for NXT TakeOver: WarGames, WWE COO and NXT head Triple H said that viewers would see definitive brand division following Survivor Series.


2019 WWE Draft, Aftermath
Following the draft, Drake Maverick announced that although he had been drafted to SmackDown, he would still be serving as the General Manager of the 205 Live brand; however, he stepped down from the position in April 2020 to return to in-ring competition. NXT General Manager William Regal was announced to take over the managerial duties of 205 Live in addition to NXT; Maverick was also moved to NXT in the process. Maverick, however, was then released from his WWE contract due to a cost-cutting measure but signed a new contract after competing in the interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship tournament.


2019 WWE Draft, Aftermath
Just after the draft, Shorty Gable's ringname was shortened to Shorty G, while just before Survivor Series, Ali returned to using his previous ringname of Mustafa Ali. On December 8, WWE announced the releases of free agents The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor), who had been inactive for several months, Raw wrestler Sin Cara, and SmackDown wrestler Luke Harper. Cara had requested his release in November, while Harper had requested his back in April, but was denied at that time.


2019 WWE Draft, Aftermath
Free agent Matt Hardy returned to Raw in late November, but was then quietly moved to SmackDown in early January for unexplained reasons before being moved back to Raw later that same month. Hardy then allowed his contract to expire in March due to creative differences. In April 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, WWE released several talent due to budget cuts as a result of the pandemic.


2019 WWE Draft, Aftermath
These included WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle, Rusev, the aforementioned Drake Maverick, Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows, Heath Slater, Eric Young, Rowan, Sarah Logan, No Way Jose, Mike Chioda, Mike Kanellis, Maria Kanellis, EC3, Aiden English, Lio Rush, The Colóns (Primo and Epico), Curtis Axel, and Cain Velasquez, as well as many other behind-the-scenes employees.


2019 WWE Draft, Aftermath, Brand-to-Brand Invitation
In May 2020, WWE initiated the Brand-to-Brand Invitation, in which wrestlers are allowed to appear and wrestle on an opposing brand "four times a year", or once every quarter (this excludes an appearance to setup the match, as seen with the respective Raw and SmackDown tag team champions to set up their interbrand match for the September 14, 2020 episode of Raw). Although somewhat similar to the abolished Wild Card Rule, the rules of the Brand-to-Brand Invitation have been followed more strictly.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up
The 2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up was the thirteenth WWE draft – and the last to be branded as the Superstar Shake-up – produced by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE between the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands. Instead of a traditional draft, changes between the brands were made behind the scenes, with moving wrestlers simply appearing on a brand's show or announced via WWE's website or social medias. The event began on the April 15 and 16 episodes of Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live, respectively, on the USA Network. The April 15 and 16 episodes were initially the only episodes advertised for the Superstar Shake-up, but more draft moves were confirmed throughout the remainder of the month and into early May.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up
Following the Superstar Shake-up, a Wild Card Rule was introduced, allowing up to four wrestlers to appear on the opposing brand's show for one night only with unsanctioned appearances penalized. This rule, however, was immediately broken, and the stipulations were never enforced, making brand division unclear. The rule was criticized by journalists and current wrestlers alike. With SmackDown's move to FOX on October 4, 2019, another draft was scheduled, as well as the announcement that the Wild Card Rule would end with this subsequent draft.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Background
The WWE Draft, known as the Superstar Shake-up since 2017, is an annual process used by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE while a brand extension, or brand split, is in effect. The original brand extension occurred from 2002 to 2011, while the second and current brand split began in 2016. During a brand extension, the company divides its roster into brands where the wrestlers exclusively perform for each brand's respective television show, and the draft is used to refresh the rosters of the brand divisions, typically between the Raw and SmackDown brands.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Background
For the 2017 and 2018 Superstar Shake-ups, instead of a traditional draft, the commissioners and general managers of WWE's Raw and SmackDown brands made trades and deals behind the scenes between their respective talent, including the promotion and drafting of wrestlers from the NXT brand. However, following TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in December 2018, The McMahon Family (Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Shane McMahon, and Triple H) took over the running of Raw and SmackDown with no general managers, leaving them in charge of drafting decisions.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Background
On the April 8, 2019 episode of Monday Night Raw, the 2019 Superstar Shake-up was confirmed for the April 15 and 16 episodes of Raw and SmackDown, respectively. For the first time, superstars from the 205 Live brand were eligible to be drafted. Although initially only advertised for the aforementioned episodes, more draft moves were confirmed throughout the remainder of April and into early May.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath
On Raw, new draftee Lacey Evans defeated Natalya to earn a Raw Women's Championship match against Becky Lynch at Money in the Bank. Natalya was subsequently entered into the women's Money in the Bank ladder match, along with Dana Brooke, Alexa Bliss, and new draftee Naomi; due to medical reasons, Bliss was subsequently replaced by new draftee Nikki Cross.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath
New draftee AJ Styles earned a Universal Championship match against Seth Rollins at the event, while new draftees Samoa Joe and Rey Mysterio continued their feud from SmackDown, leading to a United States Championship match at Money in the Bank that Mysterio won. Bobby Roode, now a singles competitor, turned heel and changed his ring name to Robert Roode and became the second holder of WWE's 24/7 Championship that was introduced in May.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath
New draftee The Miz continued his feud from SmackDown with authority figure Shane McMahon, leading to a steel cage match at Money in the Bank that Shane won. New draftee Ricochet was entered into the men's Money in the Bank ladder match, along with Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre, and Baron Corbin, though Strowman was replaced by Sami Zayn. New draftees The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) began a feud with The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder). After Eric Young's transfer to Raw, Alexander Wolfe moved to the NXT UK brand and Killian Dain moved to the NXT brand. In May 2019, Raw wrestler Tyler Breeze began appearing on NXT and unsuccessfully challenged Velveteen Dream for the NXT North American Championship at NXT TakeOver: XXV on June 1. Following that match, Breeze confirmed that he was back on NXT.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath
On SmackDown, Elias was introduced as the "biggest acquisition in SmackDown history" by Vince McMahon and began a feud with fellow new draftee Roman Reigns, leading to a match at Money in the Bank that Reigns won. After Andrade moved back to SmackDown, he continued a feud with new SmackDown draftee and Intercontinental Champion Finn Bálor that began the previous week; both were entered into the men's Money in the Bank ladder match along with Ali and Randy Orton. Bálor was then scheduled to defend his title against Andrade at Super ShowDown.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath
New draftee Lars Sullivan began a feud with R-Truth. New draftee Bayley was given an opportunity to challenge Becky Lynch for the SmackDown Women's Championship at Money in the Bank, but lost it to Charlotte Flair. Bayley was subsequently entered into the women's Money in the Bank ladder match along with Mandy Rose, Carmella, and new draftee Ember Moon; Bayley won the match and later that same night, cashed in the contract to win the SmackDown Women's Championship from Flair, who had just defeated Lynch for the title.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath
Paige introduced a new tag team, The Kabuki Warriors, consisting of Asuka and new draftee Kairi Sane, to manage and go after the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship. Raw wrestler Dolph Ziggler had been inactive since January's Royal Rumble event, but returned prior to June's Super ShowDown event to challenge Kofi Kingston for SmackDown's WWE Championship. On-screen graphics when he appeared on SmackDown showed that he was still part of Raw, but following Super ShowDown, his WWE.com profile was updated to show that he was moved to SmackDown.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath
The reasons for Andrade and Zelina Vega's move back to SmackDown, and Aleister Black's switch to the brand, were later revealed. In WWE's attempt to keep real-life couples on the same brand, Andrade was moved back to SmackDown because of his relationship with Charlotte Flair, Vega was moved as she is Andrade's on-screen manager, and Black was moved because of his marriage to Vega. It was also reported that FOX, where SmackDown would begin airing in October 2019, wanted more Latin American stars on the show and requested Andrade and Vega to be moved back to the brand.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath, Wild Card Rule
On the May 6 episode of Raw, Vince McMahon introduced a Wild Card Rule, with specific stipulations:


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath, Wild Card Rule
Following the implementation of the Wild Card Rule, the stipulations were routinely ignored with numerous stars freely appearing on both shows for multiple weeks with storylines crossing over both brands, blurring the lines between Raw and SmackDown. The rule was heavily criticized by journalists and current wrestlers alike. Writing for Newsweek, Phillip Martinez said that even though WWE tried explaining the rule, it was still confusing and unclear.


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath, Wild Card Rule
Raw wrestler Seth Rollins said that the rule "really muddled things up" as it "used to feel special" to only see other talent every so often, but because of the rule, they were seeing each other every week. SmackDown wrestler Kevin Owens also criticized the rule. He said that he understood that it was intended to bring unpredictability to the shows, but it was "loosely defined". Andrew Murray of WhatCulture said it was one of WWE's "most divisive creative decisions in years" and the promotion were unable to stick to their original outline. ComicBook.com's Connor Casey said that the rule "effectively killed the brand split".


2019 WWE Superstar Shake-up, Aftermath, Subsequent draft
With SmackDown's move to FOX in October and Raw remaining on the USA Network, WWE decided to hold a second draft for the year to definitively split the brands. Returning to its original name (the "WWE Draft") and a traditional draft format, this second draft of 2019 occurred on the October 11 and 14 episodes of SmackDown (renamed to Friday Night SmackDown) and Raw, respectively. Personalities from FOX and NBCUniversal (USA's parent company) appeared and had influence over the picks (the first time television networks had an influence over WWE's drafting decisions). The Wild Card Rule also ended with this subsequent draft.


2019 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Northeast Conference. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jason Houghtaling and play their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner  finished the season 1–11 overall and 1–6 in NEC play to place seventh. Houghtaling was fired after the season.


2019 Wagner Seahawks football team, Previous season
The Seahawks finished the 2018 season 4–7, 3–3 in NEC play to finish in fourth place.


2019 Wagner Seahawks football team, Preseason, Preseason coaches' poll
The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Seahawks were picked to finish in fourth place.


2019 Wagner Seahawks football team, Preseason, Preseason All-NEC team
The Seahawks had four players at three positions selected to the preseason all-NEC team.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team represented Wake Forest University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Dave Clawson, and played their home games at BB&T Field in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They competed in the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Preseason, Preseason media poll
In the preseason ACC media poll, Wake Forest was predicted to finish in sixth in the Atlantic Division.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Schedule
Wake Forest's 2019 schedule began with four non-conference games: at home against Utah State of the Mountain West Conference, on the road against Rice of Conference USA, at home against North Carolina, and at home against Elon of the Colonial Athletic Association. The game against North Carolina, a fellow member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was played as a non-conference game and therefore did not count in the league standings. This was done because the two rivals otherwise only play once every six years due to the current ACC divisional alignment.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team, Schedule
In ACC play, Wake Forest played the other members of the Atlantic Division, as well as Virginia Tech and Duke from the Coastal Division.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team
The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 73rd season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's fifth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Background
The 2018 Wake Forest men's soccer team finished the season with a 18–3–0 overall record and a 7–1–0 ACC record. The Demon Deacons were seeded first–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they defeated NC State in the Quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champions Louisville in the Semifinals. The Demon Deacons earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the first–overall seed in the tournament, Wake Forest defeated Colgate in the second round before being upset by eventual runners-up Akron in the third round.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Background
At the end of the season, two Demon Deacons men's soccer players were selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Logan Gdula and Brad Dunwell.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team
The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Demon Deacons were led by head coach Tony Da Luz, in his seventeenth season. They played home games at Spry Stadium. This is the team's 25th season playing organized women's college soccer, all of which have been played in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team
The Demon Deacons finished the season 6–8–4 overall, and 1–6–3 in ACC play to finish in twelfth place. They did not qualify for the ACC Tournament and were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.


2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's soccer team, Squad, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
The 2019 Wakefield Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in England. The election was held on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party and the Conservative Party fielded a full slate of 21 candidates, as well as 14 Liberal Democrats, 8 Yorkshire Party candidates, 7 UK Independence Party candidates, 6 Green Party candidates, 6 Independent candidates, 1 Socialist Alternative candidate and 1 Democrats and Veteran's Party candidate.


2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Council make-up
The make up of the Council following the election was:


2019 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election, Ward results, Airedale and Ferry Fryston ward
Around a year after his election, Alex Kear was jailed after arranging to meet with a three-year-old girl for sexual abuse


2019 Wales Rally GB
The 2019 Wales Rally GB (also known as Wales Rally GB 2019) was a motor racing event for rally cars held over four days between 3 and 6 October 2019. It marked the seventy-fifth running of Wales Rally GB and was the twelfth round of the 2019 World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2 and the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class. It was also the final round of the Junior World Rally Championship. The 2019 event was based in Llandudno in Conwy, and was contested over twenty-two special stages with a total a competitive distance of 312.75 km (194.33 mi).


2019 Wales Rally GB
Reigning World Drivers' and World Co-Drivers Champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia were the defending rally winners. M-Sport Ford WRT, the team they drove for in 2018, were the defending manufacturers' winners. The Finnish crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the defending rally winners in the World Rally Championship-2 category, but they did not defend their titles as they were scheduled to be promoted to the newly-created WRC-2 Pro class.


2019 Wales Rally GB
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja won their first Wales Rally GB victory, extending their championship lead to a massive twenty-eight points. Their team, Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, were the manufacturers' winners. The Škoda Motorsport crew of Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen secured the first WRC-2 Pro title by winning the category, finishing first in the combined WRC-2 category. 2003 World Rally Champions Petter Solberg and Phil Mills bid farewell to WRC by winning the WRC-2 class. The Rally Team Spain crew of Jan Solans and Mauro Barreriro won the final round of the J-WRC championship and became the champions of 2019 Junior World Rally Championship.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja led the both drivers' and co-drivers' championships with a seventeen-point lead ahead of defending world champions Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul were third, a further thirteen points behind. In the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT held a nineteen-point lead over Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 Pro standings, Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen led by fifty-six points in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson tied with Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen in second. In the manufacturers' championship, Škoda Motorsport led M-Sport Ford WRT by thirty-seven points, with Citroën Total over a hundred points behind in third.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the World Rally Championship-2 standings, Kajetan Kajetanowicz and Maciej Szczepaniak tied with Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov in first, with Benito Guerra and Jaime Zapata were third, only four points separating the top three.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Background, Championship standings prior to the event
In the Junior-World Rally Championship standings, Tom Kristensson and Henrik Appelskog led Jan Solans and Mauro Barreriro by just a point in the drivers' and co-drivers' standings respectively, with Dennis Rådström and Johan Johansson thirty-three points further behind in third in their own standings. In the Nations' standings, Sweden were first, thirteen points cleared of Spain, with Germany forty points further behind in third.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Background, Entry list
The following crews entered into the rally. The event opened to crews competing in the World Rally Championship, World Rally Championship-2, WRC-2 Pro and privateer entries not registered to score points in any championship. A total of fifty-nine entries were received, with eleven crews entered with World Rally Cars and twenty-one entered the World Rally Championship-2. Five crews were nominated to score points in the Pro class. A further eleven entries were received for the Junior World Rally Championship.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Background, Route
The heart of Llandudno on the coast of north Wales served as the rally base for Wales Rally GB this year, with a purpose-built special stage at the Oulton Park circuit as the opening stage of the rally on Thursday evening.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Report, World Rally Cars
The M-Sport Ford WRT crew of Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin returned to the championship after Evans injured his back during Rally Estonia. Ott Tänak started his rally with a near-10-second time loss because of an engine issue in the slippery opening stage, but he grabbed a narrow lead from teammate Kris Meeke going into Saturday after a day's effort. Esapekka Lappi retired from Friday after went off the road, while Jari-Matti Latvala retired from the rally after a heavy crash. Craig Breen rolled his i20 on Saturday morning, but it only cost cosmetic damage. Tänak won in style eventually.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro
Kalle Rovanperä, who just celebrated his 19th birthday, led comfortably in the front until a puncture made his lead lost to his teammate Jan Kopecký. Mads Østberg and Hayden Paddon retired from Friday due to oil leak and car beached. In the second leg, Rovanperä regained the top spot from his teammate as Kopecký firstly punctured and then rolled his car. Hayden Paddon restarted on Saturday, but retired from the day again after he suffered two punctures. Gus Greensmith also retired from the day after hitting a bank and damaged his rear-right suspension. Rovanperä took the rally in the end to win the 2019 WRC-2 Pro championship.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Report, World Rally Championship-2 Pro, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Report, World Rally Championship-2
Pierre-Louis Loubet led the class after a trouble-free run. Kajetan Kajetanowicz retired from Friday with three punctures, while Ole Christian Veiby retired from the first leg with a broken track control arm. Petter Solberg overtook Loubet to lead the category in the second loop of Saturday. His son Oliver Solberg made a sensational return after he exited his WRC debut due to steering issue on Friday, setting two fastest stage times until he stopped because of technical problems. Eventually, the 2003 World Champion won the class, ending his 20-year-long career in satisfactory.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Report, World Rally Championship-2, Special stages
Results in bold denote first in the RC2 class, the class which both the WRC-2 Pro and WRC-2 championships run to.


2019 Wales Rally GB, Report, Junior World Rally Championship
Jan Solans fended off championship leader Tom Kristensson, while Dennis Rådström went off the road and retired from Friday despite holding an early lead. On Saturday, Kristensson suffered a puncture and dropping over three minutes. Following title rival Kristensson's problem, Solans was clear in front. The Spaniard successfully sealed the win to snatch the junior title.


2019 Walker Cup
The 47th Walker Cup Match was played 7 and 8 September 2019 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside, England. Royal Liverpool hosted the 1983 Walker Cup. The United States won by 15½ points to 10½. They trailed 7½ to 8½ coming in to the final day singles but won 8 of the 10 matches to win convincingly.


2019 Walker Cup, Format
On Saturday, there were four matches of foursomes in the morning and eight singles matches in the afternoon. On Sunday, there were four matches of foursomes in the morning, followed by ten singles matches (involving every player) in the afternoon. In all, 26 matches were played.


2019 Walker Cup, Format
Each of the 26 matches was worth one point in the larger team competition. If a match was all square after the 18th hole extra holes were not played. Rather, each side earned ½ a point toward their team total. The team that accumulated at least 13½ points won the competition. In the event of a tie, the previous winner would retain the Cup.


2019 Walker Cup, Teams
Ten players for the United States and Great Britain & Ireland played in the event with each team having a non-playing captain. The two teams were announced following the U.S. Amateur.


2019 Walker Cup, Teams
Craig Watson was the captain of the Great Britain & Ireland team, while Nathaniel Crosby captained the United States team.


2019 Walker Cup, Teams, U.S. team
The first three members of the team were selected in July 2019 as the leading three Americans in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. They were Texas sophomore Cole Hammer, high school senior Akshay Bhatia and mid-amateur Stewart Hagestad. The final members of the team were announced on 18 August 2019. With his victory in the U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst Resort, Georgia Tech senior Andy Ogletree earned an automatic place in the team. John Augenstein, who lost to Ogletree in the U.S. Amateur final was also chosen. Also selected were one current college golfer, John Pak of Florida State, and four recent graduates: Steven Fisk (Georgia Southern), Alex Smalley (Duke), Isaiah Salinda (Stanford), and Brandon Wu (Stanford). The USGA named two alternates for the team: Chandler Phillips and Ricky Castillo.


2019 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2019 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect members of the Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in England.. It was held on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives took control of the council


2019 Walsh Cup
The 2019 Walsh Cup is an early-season inter-county hurling competition based primarily in the Irish province of Leinster.


2019 Walsh Cup
Seven counties competed – six from Leinster, Galway from Connacht and none from Ulster. No third-level college teams took part. Four Leinster counties plus Antrim from Ulster played in the second-ranked Kehoe Cup. The two remaining Leinster counties competed in the third-ranked Kehoe Shield.


2019 Walsh Cup
It took place in December 2018 and January 2019 and was won by Galway.


2019 Walsh Cup, Competition format
Three teams receive a bye to the semi-finals – Kilkenny, Galway and Wexford. The remaining four teams compete in an initial group stage with each team playing the other teams once. Two points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The group winners advance to the semi-finals.


2019 Wan Chai District Council election
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2019 Wan Chai District Council election
The 2019 Wan Chai District Council election was held on 24 November 2019 to elect all 15 members to the Wan Chai District Council.


2019 Wan Chai District Council election
The Kickstart Wan Chai, a pro-democracy local political group led by Claris Yeung Suet-ying, incumbent District Councillor of Tai Hang and consisting of a group of young fresh faces ran under the banner of independent and scored the most seats, while the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong lost all its seats in the district.


2019 Waratah Cup
The 2019 Waratah Cup was the 17th season of Football NSW's knockout competition. The Preliminary Rounds are now a part of the FFA Cup competition. The 5 winners from the FFA Cup preliminary Seventh Round qualified for the Waratah Cup.


2019 Waratah Cup
The Cup was won by Marconi Stallions, their 2nd title.


2019 Waratah Cup, Preliminary rounds
New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, participate in the 2019 FFA Cup via the preliminary rounds. The competition is for all Senior Men's teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL 2, NPL 3, NSW State League, as well as Association teams which applied to participate.


2019 Waratah Cup, Preliminary rounds
A total of 144 clubs entered into the competition, including 96 grassroots clubs and the five qualifiers were:


2019 Warrington Wolves season
This article details the Warrington Wolves Rugby League Football Club's 2019 season. This is the Wolves' 24th consecutive season in the Super League.


2019 Warriors FC season
The 2019 season is Warriors' 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League. Along with the S.League, the club will also compete in the Prime League, the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.


2019 Warriors FC season, Transfers, Pre-Season transfers, In
Note 1: Bryan Quek returned to the team after the loan and subsequently released.


2019 Warriors FC season, Transfers, Pre-Season transfers, In
Note 2: Fazli Shafie returned to the team after the loan and move to NFL club, Jungfrau Punggol FC.


2019 Warriors FC season, Transfers, Pre-Season transfers, In
Note 3: Zuhaili Mazli returned to the team after the loan and subsequently released.


2019 Warriors FC season, Transfers, Pre-Season transfers, In
Note 4: Aniq Iskandar returned to the team after the loan and subsequently released.


2019 Warriors FC season, Team statistics, Appearances and goals
Note 1: Jonathan Behe scored an own goal in SPL match against Home United.


2019 Warwick District Council election
The 2019 Warwick District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Warwick District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries. The Conservative Party lost control of the council.


2019 Washington Huskies football team
The 2019 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies were led by head coach Chris Petersen, in his sixth and final year as head coach. The team looked to improve upon its 10–4 record from 2018. After the regular season, Petersen announced that the team's postseason bowl game, the Las Vegas Bowl, would be his final game with the Huskies. Respected defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake would take over the reigns after the Las Vegas Bowl, firing two offensive coordinators within 24 hours. They played their home games at Husky Stadium in Seattle, competing as a member of the North Division in the Pac-12 Conference.


2019 Washington Huskies football team, Preseason, Coaching changes
Matt Lubick, who served as wide receivers coach and co-offensive coordinator in the previous two seasons, resigned in January 2019. He indicated he was leaving the coaching profession entirely. On January 17, 2019, Washington announced it had hired Junior Adams to replace Lubick as wide receivers coach.


2019 Washington Huskies football team, Preseason, Recruiting
Washington's 2019 recruiting class consisted of 23 recruits. The class was ranked as the 16th best in the country and the second best in the Pac-12 Conference behind Oregon according to the 247Sports.com Composite.


2019 Washington Huskies football team, Preseason, Pac-12 media day, Pac-12 media poll
In the Pac-12 preseason media poll, Washington was predicted to finish in second place in the North Division, receiving one fewer vote than Oregon. The Huskies finished with the third-most votes to win the Pac-12 Championship Game.